Legislation -
Bill Passed
(Senate)
(19-11) -
Jan. 26, 2011(Key vote)

Vote Result

Yea Votes

Nay Votes

Vote to pass a bill that requires voters to present a form of photo identification to an election officer at the polling place in order to cast a ballot.

Highlights:

Requires voters to present to an election officer at the polling place one of the following forms of identification (Sec. 14):

Driver's license or personal identification card issued to that voter by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;

United States military identification card that contains the voter's photograph that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;

United States citizenship certificate issued to the voter that contains the voter's photograph;

United States passport issued to the voter that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; or

A license to carry a concealed handgun issued to the voter by the Department of Public Safety.

Specifies that the requirements for identification do not apply to a voter who presents his or her voter registration certificate and was 70 years of age or older on January 1, 2012, or who is disabled and the voter registration certificate contains such information (Sec. 9).

Specifies that an offense of these statutes constitutes a second degree felony and that an attempt at offense is a state jail felony (Sec. 16).